Re: W3C recommends: Avoid ASCII Art
From Brock Kevin Nambo <new...@earthling.net>
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· 10 Feb 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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Veronica Karlsson wrote in message <34D...@on.spammer>... >Jorn Barger wrote: >> Veronica Karlsson wrote: >> > I definitely don't see why it >> > should be avoided on the internet, since it is "lean" and compatible >> > even with the oldest/simplest computers. >> >> YES! >> >> It might be a good time to mention the <PRE><IMG ALT={}></PRE> trick-- >> some browsers will display ascii-art-as-alt okay if it's put there where >> I have "[]". >> > >Have you seen what the latest version of netscape does to that?! :( > >If I was a newbie and found that sort of thing on a page I would think >that the author was mad and move out of there quickly... :( > >Here's an example: > >http://www.ludd.luth.se/users/vk/pics/rubbish/alt/ > >I made this for a similar discussion in another newsgroup and it >contains two versions of the same situation, the one I used to have on >one of my pages is duplicated in "pre.html". It is the situation you >describe. The other example is the way I do it today, with a link from >the image to the ascii version. That second example is the file called >"link.html". The alt= text BLINKS. OY!!!! >>BKNambo -- http://come.to/brocks.place
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